簡介:"Epipsestis meilingchani頭部及前額為深灰色,並摻雜有棕色及深灰色毛,領節及肩板具有白色、棕色及黑色毛。小顎鬚側面為黑色,觸角為深紅棕色。腹部淡棕灰色,背面飾毛為一小撮深棕色毛。雄蟲觸角較雌蟲粗,且顏色稍微較黑。前翅延長且相當地寬,頂角是尖的,翅外緣尖銳。前翅底色為褐灰色,並具有醒目的赭色斑點,由赭色及深煙灰色的鱗片產生很明顯的變異,鱗片呈細網狀。後翅為棕灰色,橫線幾乎看不見,翅緣寬且顏色較後翅底色深一些。E. meilingchani為台灣最常出現Epipsestis屬的種類,其分部於落葉林區,有山的地區幾乎皆可發現。其飛行期間非常長,從十月初至二月底。E. melilingchani與E. dubia(Warren, 1888)類似,但在雄性生殖器構造上不同。本種敘述主要引用László and Ronkay(1999)之文獻。Epipsestis meilingchani head and frons dark grey mixed with brown and dark grey hairs, collar and tegulae marked with white, dark brown and blackish hairs. Palpi laterally blackish, antenna dark red-brown. Abdomen paler brownish grey, dorsal crest represented by small dark brown tufts. Antenna of male thicker, slightly darker than that of female. Forewing elongate, relatively broad, with apex pointed, outer margin evenly arcuate. Ground colour brownish grey with ochreous shining irrorated variably strongly with ochreous brown and dark fumous grey scales, scaling finely reticulate. Hindwing brownish grey, transverse line usually hardly visible, marginal suffusion broad, somewhat darker than ground colour. E. meilingchani inhabit in the deciduous forest regions, occurring practically everywhere in the mountainous areas; E. meilingchani is the most frequent Epipsestis species in Taiwan. The flight period is unusually long, extending from the first part of October to the end of February. E. meilingchani is a sister species of E. dubia (Warren, 1888), in spite of the curious configuration of its male genitalia. The description of this species based on the description of László and Ronkay (1999). "
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數位化執行單位:國立自然科學博物館:動物學組昆蟲學
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學名原始發表年代:1999
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學名原始發表文獻:Laszlo, GY. M. and G. Ronkay, 1999. Species of the genus Epipsestis Matsumura, 1921 in Taiwan, with the descriptions of three new taxa (Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. 12: 75-92.